No, I didn’t reread Timely Persuasionagain. The above bullets also describe Expiration Date by Duane Swierczynski. But the similarities are both striking and amusing. Not sure whether I should chalk it up to great minds thinking alike, 100% coincidence or something in between. This quote from the book summed up my opinion and made me laugh out loud:

“Two events could be a coincidence. Not all of this.”

Apophenia aside, the two stories are very different beyond the areas where music & time travel particulars intersect. Expiration Date plays out as a fast paced hardboiled detective novel bouncing back and forth between the 1970s and the present, with cliffhangers at the end of most chapters that leave you longing for more. I absolutely devoured it, being sucked into the “just one more chapter before bed” trap that hasn’t happened in a long time. Best book I’ve read in ages, with an ending that was both satisfying and clever.